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Oral History Interview with Frank Muoio, April 11, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Muoio. Muoio joined the Navy in early 1942 and went aboard the USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) after training in Rhode Island. His first trip was to Brisbane delivering materiel. From there, he went to the invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Muoio shares several anecdotes about his experiences aboard the Thomas Jefferson. He went ashore during the invasion of Salerno. He was also involved in the Normandy invasion as … more

Date: April 11, 2000

Creator: Muoio, Frank

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Boffi, May 11, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Boffi. Boffi joined the Navy in September 1942 and received basic training in Newport. Boffi was assigned to the USS Bernadou (DD-153) as a machinist???s mate. He participated in the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio. In June 1944 he was transferred to Norfolk to oversee the construction of the USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774). He joined the ship???s company, working in the engine room. He was badly burned during the … more

Date: May 11, 2012

Creator: Boffi, Frank

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Roy Hughes, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Roy Hughes. Hughes joined the National Guard and was called into active duty in September 1941. He was assigned to an artillery unit with the 45th Division in Algeria, preparing for the invasion of Sicily. In Salerno, he was wounded by shrapnel and almost left for dead when the medic was frightened by enemy shelling. Hughes’s best friend forced the company medic out of his hiding place, and Hughes recovered at a British hosp… more

Date: December 7, 2011

Creator: Hughes, Roy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dale Nelsen, June 27, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dale Nelsen. Nelsen joined the Navy in 1940. He was trained as a corpsman and was assigned to LST-347. He took part in the invasion of Sicily and was awarded the Bronze Star for treating wounded soldiers. He was transferred to USS LST-72 and participated in landings at Italy and discusses transporting 90 wounded soldiers to Bizerte. He was part of a landing by British troops behind enemy lines in Burma. Nelsen was also a par… more

Date: June 27, 2011

Creator: Nelsen, Dale

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Fred Morgan, December 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Morgan. Morgan joined the Army in January of 1942. He went to Fort Devens, Massachusetts for basic training. He served with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment as a medic. Morgan tells of the training he received in jump school. After additional training in North Africa, the unit dropped into Sicily. Morgan describes some of the difficulties they encountered. This was followed by a drop at Salerno, Italy. The unit was then… more

Date: December 11, 2013

Creator: Morgan, Fred

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edwin Dubose, February 21, 1997

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edwin Dubose. Dubose was born in Waxahachie, Texas on 8 August 1917 and after graduating from Texas A&M, received his commission as ensign in the Navy in 1941. He interviewed with Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley while at Midshipman School in Chicago and was selected for Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron School in Melville, Rhode Island. After training, Dubose was assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15. His squadron was the first t… more

Date: February 21, 1997

Creator: Dubose, Edwin

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard Donley, February 22, 1997

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Donley. Donley was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 7 October 1923. After graduating from high school, he joined the Navy in 1942. He went to Fleet Torpedo School in San Diego following basic training. In September, he volunteered for PT boats and was sent to the Motor Torpedo Boat Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island. After training, he volunteered for assignment to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15. He was assign… more

Date: February 22, 1997

Creator: Donley, Richard

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bill Harper, June 30, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Harper. In 1937, Harper joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked in his native Texas. In 1939, he joined the Army and was assigned to D Battery in the Fifth Field Artillery. He never received basic training. He went straight to work with a 155mm Howitzer crew at Fort Benning. The unit moved to New York after participating in the Louisiana Maneuvers. Harper made sergeant and worked in supply. He eventually was a… more

Date: June 30, 2005

Creator: Harper, Bill

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Herbert Hinckley, November 19, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Herbert Hinckley. Hinckley joined the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Upon completion of radio school he was assigned to USS LST-391. Shuttling supplies between Oran and Tunisia, he survived extensive bombings which haunted him for some time after the war. At Sicily, with Army Air Forces paratroopers caught in friendly fire, Hinckley frantically relayed a ceasefire message to an unsympathetic captain who was more conc… more

Date: November 19, 2008

Creator: Hinckley, Herbert

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gus Seeley, December 6, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gus Seeley. Seeley joined the Navy in July of 1940. During his career, he completed schooling for Yeoman, Naval Intelligence, Stenography and the Portuguese Language. Seeley served as Yeoman Third-Class aboard USS Honolulu (CL-48). They were moored in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Seeley was later transferred to USS LST-312, serving in the European Theater. He participated in the Sicily Campaign, the Salerno landings a… more

Date: December 6, 2008

Creator: Seeley, Gus

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bill Edwards, September 17, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Edwards. Edwards joined the Navy in August 1942 and received basic training in Illinois. He received amphibious training in Virginia. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 8th Amphibious Force and sent to Italy, where he was coxswain of landing craft at the invasions of Sicily and Salerno. While the landing was unopposed at Sicily, Edwards’s experience at Salerno was much more frightening than what he remembers of Nor… more

Date: September 17, 2009

Creator: Edwards, Bill

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James O. Painter, December 14, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James O. Painter. Painter was born in Johnson County, Texas 21 August 1923. He quit school in 1940 and joined the Texas National Guard, being assigned to Battery B, 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Infantry Division. When the National Guard was federalized I n1940, Painter’s unit went to Camp Bowie, Texas for basic training. He then went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma where he received advanced training with the 105mm howitzer. In Januar… more

Date: December 14, 2007

Creator: Painter, James O.

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Marvin Fields, February 8, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marvin Fields. Fields joined the Navy in July 1942 and trained at Great Lakes. He went to diesel engine school and was then assigned to the engine room aboard USS LST-306. He shares several anecdotes about being in North Africa after the invasion. He shares two encounters with Sam Donahue, the bandleader. His LST was at Sicily when several air transports were shot down. He also shares anecdotes from landing at Salerno. Field… more

Date: February 8, 2005

Creator: Fields, Marvin

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Orby Ledbetter, June 9, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orby Ledbetter. Ledbetter joined the Texas Army National Guard in 1937 as a soldier in the Texas 36th Infantry Division, 142nd Infantry Regiment. He provides details of serving in the Texas Guard and remaining with the 36th ID throughout the war. He describes his experiences completing basic training through numerous camps and traveling overseas aboard the SS Argentina. Beginning in April of 1943 Orby served in the North African … more

Date: June 9, 2000

Creator: Ledbetter, Orby

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dwight Dahmes, October 28, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight A. Dahmes. Dahmes was born 18 July 1918 in Clements, Minnesota. In 1936 he attended Westmar College in Lemars, Iowa where he joined the 133rd Infantry Regiment of the Iowa National Guard (part of the 34th Infantry Division). On 1 February 1941 the unit went to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Soon after, Dahmes was made sergeant of a weapons platoon and trained with various weapons. Upon completion of training the unit move… more

Date: October 28, 2002

Creator: Dahmes, Dwight

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Orby Ledbetter, May 15, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orby Ledbetter. Ledbetter joined the Texas Army National Guard in 1937 as a soldier in the Texas 36th Infantry Division, 142nd Infantry Regiment. He provides details of serving in the Texas Guard and remaining with the 36th Infantry Division throughout the war. He describes his experiences completing basic training through numerous camps and traveling overseas aboard the SS Argentina. Beginning in April of 1943 Orby served in the… more

Date: May 15, 2001

Creator: Ledbetter, Orby

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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